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The Advocate • Cl If € • . . M* I lfiib M * TIIK ILLUSTRATED EKATtillB SK(*TiON—3e|»t«oiber &, 19»I B i . ( '» ! « • • • T ru e Sto ries A ch ievem en t Sto rie s »L I'K K in iW lN » M IN )' If B O I N I » C V M tV M il l T H E rtC TlK C B M T IO C I M The Murder of Mrs. Stroud Mule Thompson, the (ircat Detective, Solves Mystery of Strange Love Crime I ouise S tro u d L ived with G e o rg e H arco u rt B e fo re S h e M arried . A fte r E d g a r Stro u d F ailed ns a H usban d, Sh e R etu rn ed to G e o rg e , But F.dgnr C ontinued to V isit H er R e g u la rly for a Y ear. H e w as U nable to t hrow o ff the A t traction Sh e H ad for H im . It was wrapped in flutter to th r Hoof. He went sw iftly over hi her An upward ralA* of tile arm and a swMt descent. and the cruel deed was done H ir r e wa.» no outcry aa the .h ttp blade descended to her tem ple, only a grun t a.» ..he toppled to tint flo or. C arefu lly h 1* w ip 'd his finger prints j under thè cover i>( thè night when fr m III** handle of the knife with G eorge H areourt wa* wt work et thè hbi handkerchief It y K D W A K I» W O R T H Y He had plenty of %teel miti, and ple.nned ln*r d *aih . ’ time, he told hlm arlf, its George did “ T h is IS th e List m p lit I w ill and thè faAtenliig »1 Un* crim e ujmhi not get home till II 2 d o'clock and i t : a llo w you t « » c o llie h ere to see ' G eorge M ille dui die rtvkon Ilic i j w a i ju*t 10 o'clock m e, K d ira r. Y o u w ill e ith e r h r word* had cealed ber doom It had rained earlier In the day. ta k e m e h a c k a liti liv e t o g e th | A few m ontiti prevlottò he lu d and Kdgar Stroud picked hla way e r as m a il a m i w ife a h o u ltl, .Io id i a k lilfe (r in G eorge Ilei t*i n e v e r co m e h e re a g a in , he I «XMirt'a d i e s a r th at b«»re G eo rge1* j carefu lly tr y iij ^ to avoid stepping in the littI«* puddles, b.u k to hla ro in. ru tia e it isn't f a i r It* ( ï e o r g e / ’ untiti» it wa* a ferocUm-» lookuig • G eorge lla i court would find hint- Kdgar Htrmiil rom vitlrd lu-» aim er in •trumeiit In rra llty li t u t a dttk •»«•If in a terrible predicam ent when with mi «*11011 For one year h r had Kdgar h.ul noi loft intuii (Ime hi he c am e home tonight E d gar gloat- : been r«>inlim U) M-t* his own e lf * In f|*eculatioii on how G eorge carne t »1 rd If George left the knife in the G " urge’*» home po*w»> M ie li an Hutrum ut Ile «mly f l u uiltiil I U .I hm I b erk over the knew th at It fttted in well wlth thè wound like he had done, it would ( m ake the evidence au onget against p t. He h*«t alw ays (Ht ilic i he lirtiioii.f crini* that wtif takiug him If be removed the knife, i t 1 l i i l uteri i'*d beneath his etc ltd hue m 1 w t D t t of h u tlioughtf Ile ha<l tik e n thè dirk fr«»ni In* w >uld not m ake much difference b *-, III*, I»ul h u a ll re t loie» lt*r h u wile dre.tòer draw er tonigli! and wrap|>ed cam * who would believe that G eorge w r r of a (i « Hlotiatr nettile She held il in a piece * I pa|s*r he had ton i hadn't killed h er? He h id heard j a |*rciillar |>owrr ver hint He * « irom In . iiew pai»er rack Now h* th at they had often been heard ■ anliAintst of tlir lr union, and yet lie ron gralu lated li itine If on hla fore- quarreling 1 fig h i, for he m uft ftrlk e Umight or ( T h a t had lx- n bk<- her. hr- rcfl.-i-l -1 Im i not been able to k»**i* away fiotn i-d. alw ays iiAKttuiK H<- rar.-ly c»uld n ever 1 her even after alt* tied gone to live I h . alibi woulil l> perlec' Ih ¿ta l please b *r He bad be *n passionately iu love v tflt an »'.her m an taken ra re that no oli«* woulil afe hun lit*! U igur s ito u d had not been .» lacy tea] to G eorge a li .me. to *»*• hi * , with her, wh*n he m arried her T o n igli!. lu* h.ul t »ken knew th at ahe had a lurid p u t . but iik* 11. but lit» electrical bufine .i b id wlfe. M m i U b t he hAd thought hla love for her would gn-aler care Diali ever not pr<M|N*r rd Ills Wile bail been lie lived with Ilia »i.ster and her m ake him foregt Hut be hadn't for- M U*r in hrr denunciation <1 hta tn- tn ifb u id H* bad bi«l them good goti •». Site had seemed to get a pc- ‘The cruel deed was r u*.Utility and alie had left him to night and goti* to htò loom He liad cu llar delight in keeping It fresh In s h a r p I l i a d i * dt*SCO Ildi*d lie«* with G e ig r lla iro u rt llw ha Mviirlicd on the lights and read #r lm mind by con stan tly referrin g tO |‘ tied for George Harcourt was av deep a w h ile , th e n d a rk rn - N l Ills ro o m the men who had loved h rr He had | In In., heart as the |»a*Mon was furl A p p a ie n t ly lie h a d k n * to bed H e finally rom e to des|gs 4 * her. and yet his wife Though his busi lira* was had eased the window up and slip p 'd the th rill of being near lier was in toxicating I**tter than tt had ever been he had out Into the night no intention o f t iking hi . wife back S h e had lived with O eorge H ar- j "T h en you don't love your husband court as ins com m on-law wife before It would only ad«i to the nttseiaM*- an ym ore?" lie n *er *d. lie.v* o f lit* life; the thought of what j 'T h a t Is all in the |>ast," .she r e th *y w re m arried, and when .she left j she had be»n to George would evei plied him and went hack to G e r g \ the hi* fn-.h in h i, memory, mid he knew S h e was refu eling the fire with desire f«*r revenge on them both had he roultl never forgive h *r her la< e averted# Ife took tlie knife b sen up|M*nnoat in hla mind T Iiu s H e a l w a y . w e n t to G e o rg e '* h o u se from 111. pocket and let the pap*r had b r n born ttie plan to kill her itml ..tntt tin- im v iii - i H of (tie rn m " to Oeara* Htrcowt LUSTROUS HAIR and FLOWER-LIKE COMPLEXION • 1 lie lu .It iij ? 1 1 , ir you w r.li < in lx* your» .ilw.iy;, il you use Pofo f l.ur G ro w er .ind Poro Dnlluntme. • IK." ssme still w h ic h clt-v flo p e l them h is been us.*d to <n-.it.- Puro V an ish ing C ir.u n .ind P o ro F jc e P o w d e r . ® Poro V .m isliin g Cr.-.im provides .in excellent base for each of the 8 shades of Poro la ce Po w dec fo r a com plexion, silken in te x ture and radiantly lo ve ly, alw ays use these exquisite preparations. 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